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Woman, 60, dies in crash while helping son learn to drive

Updated Thursday, April 14, 2011 | 5:56 p.m.

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North Las Vegas Police said a 60-year-old woman died Thursday in a multiple-vehicle accident after she apparently accelerated into oncoming traffic instead of placing the car in park.

Police spokeswoman Chrissie Coon said the accident happened shortly after 4 p.m. at the intersection of Craig Road and Ferrell Street.

The woman was driving a white Chevrolet Cavalier with her teenage son as a passenger when she pulled over on the northbound side of Farrell Street. She intended to switch positions with her son, who was learning how to drive, police said.

The woman, however, accidentally accelerated instead of putting the car in park and drove into the eastbound lanes of Craig Road, Coon said.

An oncoming black Ford Fusion struck and spun the Cavalier, which ejected the woman because her passenger door was partially open, Coon said.

A gray Chevrolet Impala then struck the woman, who was pronounced dead at the scene, police said. No other injuries were reported.

Officers shut down Craig Road from Allen Lane to Simmons Street as they continued the investigation and worked to clear the scene.

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